Japan's health minister said in response to a petition seeking a ban on requiring women to wear high heels at work that such dress code expectations are "necessary and appropriate" in the workplace.
The petition, which has collected 21,000 online signatures and is still growing, was submitted on Monday to the health ministry by Yumi Ishikawa, a 32-year-old funeral parlour worker. However, Nemoto also said it could be considered "power harassment" if employers required female workers who had been injured to wear high heels.
"It seems like men don't really understand that wearing high heels can be painful and lead to injuries," she told Reuters.
Where are the health benefits of high heels?
Japan didn't legalize the pill until the 90s to protect the abortion industry. This isn't surprising. I
Australia could learn a lot from Japanese society. When it comes to looking and acting professional, the slobs in Oz can not seriously offer any advice to the Japanese. World leaders.
Fark. For god’s sake no one tell ScottMorrisonMP
All corporate attire should be optional especially Mens silly ties and Womens high heels what's wrong with just clean casual clothes?
I always wear heels 👠 to work because I ❤️ wearing them even though some of them are painful. Yet I don’t like the idea where men made a decision on what women should wear to work. Why don’t the men try to wear heels to work for one day and assess the decision after.
Everybody lets get together and discuss how we can improve Japan
Heels are a fading symbol of oppression and people wonder why atheleisure is now so popular. They slow down/disable the wearer from normal mobility and were discarded by men centuries ago in favor of practicality.
Seriously he needs his head checked cause as a guy its obvious you see the girls in pain when forced to wear them all day standing up or he is just a real asshole that needs to wear them himself and see how he goes with it
A perfect example of how the press seeks to shape the debate. In a story about a requirement to wear 2-3' heals, you show a woman wearing 4-6' heels. While I don't agree with the policy, you can't change the facts to suit your argument.
SandraEckersley Good lord
yeh ......this is serious news
Speaking as someone with permanent damage caused by wearing heels to work (bursitis and neuroma), this is appalling.
Kamikaze indigenous Japanese & human rights don't go together. Like white European-Anglo-Christian ruling class of Australia since first contact with guns giving self rule back to the indigenous Australians!
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